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Trade Dress Infringement Claim and Related Discovery Triggered Insurer’s Duty to DefendJeffrey Chery, Ronald W. Meister- Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman Strengthens its Advertising, Media & Technology Practice with the Addition of Kyle-Beth HilferKyle-Beth Hilfer
We are pleased to welcome Kyle-Beth Hilfer as the newest member of our Advertising, Media & Technology Practice
- Trademark Law Alert – “Immoral” and “Scandalous” Marks Join “Disparaging” Marks as Being Registrable in the U.S.Ariana J. Sarfarazi
The U.S. Supreme Court in Iancu v. Brunetti, No. 18-302, 588 U.S. _____ (April 15, 2019) struck down a provision of the Federal Trademark Law (known as the Lanham Act) that barred the registration of “immoral or scandalous” trademarks, finding that this bar violated the Free Speech Clause of the First
Amendment.
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